Category: Austrian News

The effective reproduction number for Austria is again above 1.0 after one week. 1 infected person infected recently on average 1.13 further persons, as can be seen from the calculations of the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) and the Technical University of Graz. According to the model, the number of newly infected persons increased by 4.4 percent daily during the period under investigation. In contrast to one week before, the effective reproduction number for October 7th was now again above 1.0 in all federal states. In some federal…

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Until 12.00 o’clock today, voting ballots for the state election on Sunday can be picked up directly from the election offices. One third of those eligible to vote have already applied for voting ballots Until 12.00 o’clock the election offices will still hand out the postal voting documents for the state parliament election if the voter himself or a person authorized by him collects them. Also the postal votes must be on Sunday to conclusion of voting at 17.00 o’clock with the district election authority. This means that voting cards…

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Vienna, Austria: Contrary to the arousing fears, the Corona traffic light remained orange also after the meeting of the commission on Thursday in all districts. Why this is so, health minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) will explain with experts on Friday. Initially it was feared that the traffic light would be set to red in four districts. Also eagerly awaited is the meeting of the crisis management team, for which Vienna’s Health City Councillor Peter Hacker (SPÖ) has announced his personal attendance. He said he wanted to clear up misunderstandings after…

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The five best known Austrians are all athletes. This comes out from an inquiry of the industry magazine “Extradienst” under 23 Top Society journalists. David Alaba leads the popularity rating ahead of his soccer colleague Marko Arnautovic, ex-skier Marcel Hirscher, former Formula 1 pilot Gerhard Berger and Thomas Muster (tennis). In the four mixed rankings Alaba is number 1 in three of them. For the Bayern-Kicker also won the “overall ranking” (society factor) superior to opera singer Anna Netrebko and Hirscher. According to the survey, the national player from Vienna…

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Within 24 hours, 1,209 new infections were registered – more than ever before. On Thursday, a record number of 1,209 new SARS-CoV-2 infections were confirmed within 24 hours in Austria. It is also the third time this month that the increase is in the four-digit range, 1,058 were reported on Saturday, 1,028 on Wednesday yesterday. On average over the past seven days, there were thus 910 new infections daily. The number of deaths related to SARS-CoV-2 increased by eight to 838 persons. On Thursday there were also 9,930 actively ill…

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In a 24-hour comparison, more than 1000 new corona infections have once again been recorded in Austria. Exactly 1029 cases have been registered since Tuesday (as of 9.30 a.m.) according to information from the crisis management team, 427 of them in Vienna alone. Most recently, the increase in cases on October 3 was in the four-digit range (1058), and even more had only been registered in the middle of the lockdown on March 26 (1065). Another eight corona-infected people died. So far there have been 50,848 positive test results in…

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On Wednesday the first voting card deadline for the Vienna municipal and district representative elections ends: Eligible voters who wish to have a voting card sent to them by mail must still apply for it in writing or online on Wednesday. If you pick up the postal voting documents in person or have them picked up by an authorized person, you still have until 12 noon on Friday. Due to the Corona pandemic, the possibility of postal voting is being used more than ever before.On Tuesday morning, many more voting…

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Never before have there been so many active corona infections in Austria. On Tuesday, there were more confirmed active SARS-CoV-2 infected persons in Austria than ever before since the beginning of the corona virus pandemic. The Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health reported 9,207 cases at 9.30 a.m., exceeding the previous record of 9,123 infected persons on April 3. In the past 24 hours, 923 new infections were reported. Almost 500 Covid-19 patients had to be treated in hospital on Tuesday, 101 in intensive care units. So…

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In the last seven days, almost 6,000 new infections with the coronavirus have been recorded nationwide. Vienna. According to data from the Ministry of Health, a total of 5,963 new coronavirus infections were recorded in Austria between Monday, 28 September 2020 and Monday, 05 October 2020. In the last seven days there were also 40 coronavirus-related deaths nationwide. To date, 818 people have therefore died as a result of a Covid-19 infection. There are currently 8,704 active cases in Austria (Burgenland (184), Carinthia (165), Lower Austria (1,188), Upper Austria (887),…

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